Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, France's unemployment by sex and age increased by 1.4% compared to 2023, reaching 7.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 5.9%.

France ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.9% (from 8.4% in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.